Comment on 40GW of solar panels gathering dust in European warehouses
Emperor@feddit.uk 1 year agoDoesn’t sound like price is an issue, they don’t have enough people to install them and other problems.
a growing number of solar panels are sitting in storage because of various bottlenecks and barriers along the supply chain, including labour shortages, critical material delays and long interconnection queues.
perestroika@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
I think the same.
In the country where I live, thare are regions where the grid doesn’t accept new production capacity - because installed capacity covers local demand and electricity cannot get where it’s needed.
Also, planning is slow and permits are issued slowly - I have an acquaintance who created a semi-legal solar park because waiting for permits would take too long. Electrically, everything is fine, professionals wrote the project and did the job. The parish just wasn’t informed, only the grid company was. Since it’s a small park, it flies under the radar. :o
Emperor@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Yes, this backlog seems to being caused by infrastructure and training falling short of where it should be (or solar going faster than expected). It should have been predicted and plans set in place years ago so this would all be seamless.
The concern now is that production will be throttled back and the companies doing the installations will suffer.
Here in the UK they cut the feed-in-tariff (the amount you get paid for putting spare electricity back into the grid) and that wrecked the industry overnight.